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SpaceX Postpones Falcon 9 Launch With Starlink Satellites Due to Poor Weather

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - SpaceX has once again postponed the launch of the Falcon 9 carrier rocket, carrying a batch of Starlink mini-satellites, due to poor weather, the company said on Sunday.
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"Due to unfavorable weather, we are standing down from today's Falcon 9 launch of Starlink," SpaceX said on Twitter.
On Wednesday, the launch was called off at the five seconds mark over unspecified problems.
The next launch opportunity is at 23:09 GMT on Sunday, the Spaceflight Now outlet says.
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